MANCHESTER UNITED are monitoring Gareth Bale’s form at Real Madrid in the hope of bringing back the Welshman to the Premier League. With Madrid’s president, Florentino Perez, already under pressure for sanctioning Bale’s world- record £85m fee and the player facing criticism from a sceptical Spanish media, United believe a deal may be possible in the close season.

David Moyes and the chief executive, Ed Woodward, made a concerted effort to buy Bale, who started for Real in last night’s 2-1 defeat by Barcelona, in the summer transfer window. The pair moved when they realised Madrid were stalling on the detail of the purchase. United offered to match a bid that would have more than doubled the Old Trafford club’s record transfer spend. Perez finally reached agreement with Tottenham.

MANCHESTER UNITED are monitoring Gareth Bale’s form at Real Madrid in the hope of bringing back the Welshman to the Premier League. With Madrid’s president, Florentino Perez, already under pressure for sanctioning Bale’s world- record £85m fee and the player facing criticism from a sceptical Spanish media, United believe a deal may be possible in the close season.

David Moyes and the chief executive, Ed Woodward, made a concerted effort to buy Bale, who started for Real in last night’s 2-1 defeat by Barcelona, in the summer transfer window. The pair moved when they realised Madrid were stalling on the detail of the purchase. United offered to match a bid that would have more than doubled the Old Trafford club’s record transfer spend. Perez finally reached agreement with Tottenham.Der Bericht auf Sportbild.de:

Man United plot Gareth Bale transfer from Real Madrid for David De Gea PLUS £50million
Manchester United are on the move with a complex £100million deal for the release of Real Madrid star Gareth Bale - with David de Gea heading to the Bernabeu, writes Steve Bates in the Sunday People.

Real have already made it clear to United that they will pursue De Gea in the summer with the Old Trafford giants' transfer negotiator Ed Woodward valuing the 24-year-old Spaniard at a staggering £50m - which would be a world-record fee for a goalkeeper.

Real Madrid's Welsh star is untouchable. He is not going anywhere. The door is firmly closed. Bale, so they think in the upper echelons of the Santiago Bernabéu, has been called to lead Real Madrid one day. He cost €91 million and some now think this might turn out to have been a bargain.
At the club, no one has any real doubts about Bale. The problem is that maybe the situation he is in right now at Real Madrid is not ideal. He is not yet, it is certain, the team leader. The big doubt is over how long his partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo will continue.
Florentino Pérez has always tried to create a balance between his big stars. And when rumours about an offer from Manchester United started, he told MARCA "We shall never listen to any offers for Bale. He is the key to the club's future , just as I cannot imagine a future without Cristiano Ronaldo".: Real Madrid: Gareth Bale: untouchable and not transferable

Sources have told ESPN FC that is one reason why the move for PSV Eindhoven's Memphis Depay is not as advanced as it should be, because Bale remains an option and there is now a chance they might get him, considering the continued scrutiny of the former Tottenham player at Real.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United will land £80m Real Madrid flop Gareth Bale

GARETH BALE has moved a step closer to a huge summer move to Manchester United after his Champions League nightmare. [...]

And a close family member has told Express Sport that Bale is keen on joining up with Louis van Gaal's side – one which the Dutchman is carefully building to try and win the Premier League next season.

Bale had seen his £86million world-record move from White Hart Lane to the Bernabeu already turn sour before the events in Madrid last night where Juventus wrecked the chances of an El Clasico Champions League final in Berlin next month.

Jonathan Barnett, Gareth Bale’s representative, met Florentino Pérez on Wednesday to question the Real Madrid president over the future of the Wales international. Barnett, who was accompanied by his son and David Mannaseh, another emissary of the Stellar Group company, wanted to learn first-hand about what the president plans to do with Bale. Barnett asked Florentino to tell him as soon as possible if, as he has heard from certain sectors, the player that he represents is for sale. If so, he would immediately activate the exit operation for the Welshman, who is on the verge of completing an inconsistent second season at Real Madrid.

Louis van Gaal will make another attempt to prise Gareth Bale away from Real Madrid, writes Steve Bates in the Sunday People.

Manchester United’s Dutch boss has admitted a "surprise" signing is on the cards before the summer transfer window closes.

And that means the world’s most expensive footballer could be on his way to Old Trafford. [...]

And with Van Gaal now hinting United could do something special in the remaining 44 days of the transfer window, Old Trafford sources have confirmed Bale - now valued at £95m by the Spaniards - is still on their radar.